Siri and Apple Home can control the Matic vacuum/mop, here’s how

I have been using a Matic Robots robot vacuum cleaner and mop for several months now. This is a solid product with Apple-level build quality, built around privacy and intelligence. While Apple Home integration hasn’t always been a feature, I was pleased to see support arrive recently.

Matic works with Apple Home

Matic isn’t the first robot vacuum to work with Apple Home, but it’s the first one I’ve used.

Although Matic’s best features are still present in the iPhone app, I’m impressed by how many features have carried over to the Apple Home app.

I’m also happy to see the new features Matic gains by integrating with Apple Home and Siri.

Apple Home and Google Home integration arrived in the Matic version 1.44 update in March.

After updating the Matic app, a new option “Connect to Smart Home app” appears in the app settings. From there, tap “Enter pairing mode” and choose Apple Home or Google Home. You can connect Matic to both, but you need to pair one at a time.

The Matic robot vacuum displays a QR code on its screen that you scan from the app, things start processing and connecting, and then Matic is ready to be named and assigned to a room in the Apple Home app.

You can repeat this process for Google Home. Matic notes in the app that Amazon Alexa isn’t supported yet, although it’s on its radar.

Siri voice control is a cool new feature

The addition of Matic to the Apple Home app adds exciting new features for customers in the Apple ecosystem, including Siri voice control.

Matic brings its knowledge of room locations and labels to the Apple Home app.

This list is separate from rooms you create yourself in the Home app. This is useful for avoiding room duplication issues or having a bunch of empty rooms without HomeKit accessories.

You can control Matic with your voice from Siri on any device, including HomePod mini and Apple Watch. All of these commands worked in initial testing:

• “Siri, start vacuuming.”
• “Siri, vacuum and mop (room name).”
• “Siri, vacuum (a room name) and (another room name).”
• “Siri, mop (room name).”
• “Siri, vacuum and mop everywhere. »
• “Siri, pause (vacuum cleaner name).”
• “Siri, put the vacuum cleaner back on the dock.”

Apple Home app controls alongside HomeKit accessories

In the Apple Home app, you can control Matic in the same way.

Controls allow you to vacuum, mop, and vacuum and clean specific rooms, combinations of rooms, or each room. You can also pause and resume cleaning, and you can ask Matic to return to the dock at any time.

Vacuuming and cleaning can also be triggered via scenes you create or automations you assign. For example, you can automate cleaning when you leave or docking when you return home.

Matic also exposes three cleaning modes in Apple Home:

• Fast
• Deep cleaning
• Automatic

Apple’s Home app also shows whether Matic is charging or not.

The only feature offered in the Home app that didn’t work was playing a sound to locate Matic. I know the robot vacuum can play a jingle, but it’s a button in Apple’s Home app that doesn’t seem to work.

(I also noticed that the Home app on iPhone and Apple Watch fully supports the robot’s vacuuming and mopping features, but the Home app on macOS Tahoe 26.5 doesn’t know what to do with them. This means Siri on Mac can’t control Matic. This is probably an Apple problem.)

Overall, Matic’s smart home integration is very well done. I’m really happy to see this set of features added in a software update to existing hardware.

While some basic features only exist in the Matic app, I also enjoyed using Siri voice control just as regularly given its convenience.

Matic Robots offers the Matic Vacuum/Mop, designed and assembled in California, for $1,245 with a 60-day return period and everything you need to get started. Purchasing with our link will unlock a free annual bag pass from Matic.